I remember seeing The Return of the Jedi?as a seven year old. Sure, I’d seen?A New Hope?and?The Empire Strikes Back. I couldn’t wait for the good guys to bust in and reclaim?Han (remember, we didn’t know for sure he could be rescued but we?hoped), and for the evil Empire to be destroyed. In those days…
Charles Dickens was a genius. His evaluation of the nature of humankind mixed with an astute understanding of what conversion, repentance, and redemption look like still stands tall as a classic representation of the Christian faith?and?Christmas itself. But when it comes to the cinematic adaptation of his fine morality play, there is none quite like…
Longmire: Season Four?is one of the?best shows I’ve watched this year. While?Quantico?and?Blindspot?have the splashiest ad spots, Netflix’s latest pickup quietly dominates with action, team dynamics, and socially-conscious issues about what it means to be human in today’s ever-changing landscape. Robert Taylor stars as Sheriff Longmire, the taciturn leader of the Absaroka County, Wyoming, sheriff’s department,…
Mark Sommer tackles The Return of the Jedi, Hollywood’s portrayal of women, and the hope of the Jedi in his latest editorial.
?The Dark Side clouds everything.? Yoda admits?to Chancellor Palpatine that he is unsure of what awaits them in the future. Senator Padm? Amidala has just returned to Coruscant, and attackers assault her ship, killing her decoy. Her company joins Yoda, Plapatine, Master Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi, and she tells them that ?everything in my being tells…
As the world approached the third millennium, Star Wars movie fans were getting excited. After a decade and a half of waiting, we were finally going to get more details about the ?back story.? What we were about to find out would bewilder and confuse us a bit, and many would be rather disappointed. Many…
Unless you?ve been living under a rock, you at the very least have an idea that a new Star Wars film is set to hit theatres in about a month. The?opening day of ticket sales crashed the internet (and the first full trailer)! If you are like me, you have your tickets and are anticipating…
I can definitively tell you what I enjoyed the most in theaters this year. I can tell you which films I think will (or at least, should) win awards. I can tell you which films were the ones that resonated with me the most spiritually. I can even tell you which films were dreadfully disappointing….
My All-American has the ability to become something bigger than the sum of its parts. But it’s missing something that prevents it from getting there.
You’re seven years old and your entire existence has been contained in a garden shed. You and your mother name each of the elements of your life and they become your friends. Your mother tries to protect you and keep you from danger, but one day, she realizes that she cannot. You do not know…
